Recaps

Xiao Qing gathered Heavenly Flames and crushed the forces threatening the Jia Ma Empire while Xiao Yan pursued the Netherworld Poison Flame. After trading Flames with Yao Chen, Xiao Qing brought Medusa to a secluded valley and began preparations for her evolution.

• Xiao Qing captured the Furywind Dragon Flame in the Hurricane Zone and helped Qing Lin develop her snake-controlling abilities.
• Xiao Qing’s group looted Falling Geese City and defeated Yan Luotian, while Xie Bi Yan and the Mulan Three Elders divided the empire’s territory.
• Fa Ma broke through to Dou Zong, and Xiao Qing killed the Mulan Three Elders after learning they planned to attack the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Qing defeated Xie Bi Yan, enslaved the Mulan Three Elders, and took the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect’s treasures.
• Xiao Qing met Yao Chen and Xiao Yan in Ten Thousand Poisons Marsh, then traded the Furywind Dragon Flame for the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Xiao Qing returned with his companions to the Jia Ma Empire and took Medusa to a secluded valley to prepare for her evolution.
• Xiao Qing transformed Xie Bi Yan into an energy body, gathered the Energy Cores, and summoned the Life Spirit Flame as Medusa began evolving.

Xiao Qing evolved Medusa’s power, protected the Xiao Household from the Soul Hall, and brought his companions back to Jia Nan Academy. He captured the Fallen Heart Flame and led the academy in defeating Han Feng’s coalition, extracting Han Feng’s soul and Sea Heart Flame.

• Medusa evolved into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and reached Two-Star Dou Zong, while Xiao Qing later used a Spirit-Merging Pill to fuse her soul and body.
• Wu Protector forced Jia Xing Tian to attack the Xiao Household, but Xiao Qing rescued its defenders, imprisoned Wu Protector, and learned about the Soul Hall’s plans for the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Qing returned to Jia Nan Academy with his companions, where he became an Honorary Elder and agreed with Su Qian to use the Fallen Heart Flame to draw in Black-Corner Region forces.
• Han Feng gathered Black-Corner Region leaders to seize the Heavenly Flame, while Jia Nan Academy prepared a counterattack and sent its Elders to raid their headquarters.
• Xiao Qing subdued the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and returned it to Su Qian, who restored the tower’s Heart Flame.
• Han Feng realized his forces had walked into a trap, but Jia Nan Academy’s Elders surrounded them and Xiao Qing halted the battle before it reached the academy buildings.
• Xiao Qing sealed the wounded enemies’ souls, restrained Han Feng, and extracted Han Feng’s soul and deep-blue Sea Heart Flame.

Xiao Qing strengthened Jia Nan Academy, explored the magma beneath it, and raided powerful Black-Corner Region factions for treasures and materials. As he refined a seventh-grade pill and used its lightning to cultivate, Xuan Guardian discovered the alchemist’s presence and chose to report it to the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Qing captured Han Feng’s soul, contained the Sea Heart Flame, and helped Jia Nan Academy’s forces take Feng City while its Enforcement Team raided Black-Corner Region factions.
• Xiao Qing refined pills for the academy Elders, accepted the honorary academy head position, and supplied Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang with Sect-Breaking Pills.
• Xiao Qing entered the underground magma world, met Skyfire Venerable Yao Tianhuo, and agreed to restore his body in exchange for ten years of service.
• Xiao Qing learned the Black Emperor Sect planned to auction the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, then stole it and a Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse from its treasury.
• Xiao Qing killed Earth Demon Old Ghost, looted Demon Flame Valley’s treasury, and told Su Qian that the patriarch was dead.
• Xiao Qing made an Earth Demon Puppet from Mo Tianxing’s body, and Zi Yan wondered whether her bloodline came from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Qing extracted Heaven Demon Phoenix blood essence and refined a Seventh Grade Sect Origin Pill, then used its Pill Lightning to temper the puppet and cultivate his Demonic Lightning Body.
• Xuan Guardian killed Fang Yan and two Demon Flame Valley elders, sensed Xiao Qing’s Pill Lightning, and decided to report the Seventh-Grade Alchemist to the Soul Hall.